Arissa held her hand gently.

“Don't worry, Grandaunt. Planes are always like this at takeoff. It'll be fine in just a second.”

Mary nodded.

Tim was better off, but he was also both worried and excited since it was the first time he was so high up in the air.

He sat next to Benjamin, who held his hand tightly.

“Don't worry!”

Arissa turned around to caress Tim's head and said, “Don't worry, baby. Mommy's here.”

Tim looked at her and nodded as he chewed on his lip.

Jesse looked at him and said with a smile, “Tim, it's fun to be on a plane. Don't worry too much. Later when we're higher up in the sky, you should look down at the view!”

Tim nodded.

Jasper patted Jesse on the head as he said to Tim, “When we get high enough, you can see the clouds, too!”

“In fact, the plane will stabilize soon enough and it'll feel like nothing. I'm actually a little bit dizzy now, too,” Oliver said, trying to calm Tim down.

“My heart skipped a beat too!” Zachary said with a smile.


“That's just how it is for takeoffs. This is okay because it's a helicopter, but those big planes are even scarier!”

“Everyone's first time on a plane is scary, Tim. It'll get better,” Gavin comforted Tim.

Tim nodded in response.

Benjamin looked at the other kids with Ethen, Kingsley and Shaun around them.

“Were you guys scared too?”

Zachary simply glanced at him.

“Ethen, change our pilot next time,” Benjamin commanded in a low voice.

The six kids just stared at him.

“Yes, Sir!” Ethen noted down.

“Mr. Graham, if we change the pilot, he won't have a job anymore. I wasn't scared, I just wasn't used to it,” Tim said quietly.

He didn't want someone to lose his job because of him.

The rest of them looked at him with a smile.

“Tim, don't worry, the pilot won't lose his job if he doesn't fly this helicopter. Mr. Graham will find him another job. All the pilots are bodyguards, and this one just happened to not be Mr. Graham's favorite.”

“Oh!” Tim said awkwardly.

Benjamin looked down at him. “Are you feeling better?”

Tim glanced back up. “Yes!”

Arissa chuckled and patted him on the head. “Wow, you're so caring!”

Tim's face turned red while Mary chuckled as well.

“Of course he is! He's always been caring. He just hadn't known how to express it.”

Arissa smiled in response. “Grandaunt, you sure did a great job raising him!”

“That's not true. Tim here is a good kid.”

Mary looked at Tim with a happy glint in her eye.
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